August 2009 posts

Snow Leopard - user experience lies in the details

By Alexander Baxevanis on 28 August 2009

Today is the official release day for “Snow Leopard (also known as Mac OS X 10.6), the next iteration of Apple’s operating system. There’s been little fanfare about this release - perhaps because it has few major new features, but many small “under the hood” improvements. However, I’ll be more than happy to fork out … Read more about ‘Snow Leopard - user experience lies in the details’


Price comparison report now available

By Trenton Moss on 27 August 2009

We published our latest report yesterday looking at the state of play within the online financial price comparison sector. The report, entitled Future comparisons: What’s next for price comparison websites, is now available for free download from this site. We decided to look at  financial price comparison sites as this sector has been very visible … Read more about ‘Price comparison report now available’


User experience books for beginners

By Danielle Lyon on 25 August 2009

Being the Office Manager at Webcredible, I’ve been surrounded with user experience professionals for over a year and a half now. Fed up with not being able to converse with any of my colleagues on the subject I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands!!

I recently read ‘The Design of Everyday Things’ by Donald … Read more about ‘User experience books for beginners’


Mobile TV uptake

By Abid Warsi on 24 August 2009

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A recent BBC News article discussed the slow uptake of mobile TV (Mobile TV ‘very slow’ to take off). We discussed mobile TV in our Screen Reality report where we discussed the convergence across the PC, TV and mobile phone.

As we predicted, live mobile TV has been slow to take off. Most people won’t plan … Read more about ‘Mobile TV uptake’


Google aims to give local councils an online boost

By Philip Webb on 19 August 2009

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Our recent local council website usability report found that many local council websites still have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to usability. However, it seems that Google now wants to help local councils with their online offering with its Local government resource centre.

Offered in partnership with Directgov, LG Communications and the … Read more about ‘Google aims to give local councils an online boost’